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Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships - Day Two
March 1, 2003

Blue Hens Earn First Points of Meet in 800 Freestyle Relay

 

PITTSBURGH, PA -- University of Delaware women swimmers picked up three more All-East citations Saturday night at the second day of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Pittsburgh.

Sandy Stephens (St. Mark's/Wilmington, DE) placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke and swam a leg of the fourth place 800 freestyle relay and Sarah Peffer (Newark/Newark, DE) placed sixth in the 400 individual medley to up the Blue Hens' All-East count to six. The Blue Hen women currently stand in eighth place in the 29-team standings with 145 points, tied with Penn State. Boston College holds the team lead with 312 points followed by New Hampshire (271) and UMBC (215).

The Delaware men picked up its first points of the meet with a 15th place finish in the 800 freestyle relay and have four points to tie for 27th in the 30-team field. UMBC leads with 384 points. The third and final day of the championships was Sunday.

Stephens upped her All-East count to four in the meet Saturday as she placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.51) then teamed with Jill Fitzgerald (Wood/Warminster, PA), Peffer, and Meghan Petry (Villa Walsh/New Providence, NJ) for a fourth place finish in a school record time of 7:43.61. Peffer earned her second individual All-East performance by placing sixth in the 400 individual medley in 4:30.84. She captured the Colonial Athletic Association title in that event last week at George Mason.

Also for the Blue Hen women, Krysta Wasiewski (Conestoga Valley/Lancaster, PA) was 15th in the 100 backstroke (1:01.19), Kristen Avioli (Bishop Shanahan/West Chester, PA) was 16th in the 100 backstroke (1:01.89), Fitzgerald was 12th in the 200 freestyle (1:55.45), Petry was 20th in the 400 individual medley (4:44.41), and the 200 medley relay team of Avioli, Stephens, Peffer, and Fitzgerald was 10th in 1:50.64.

On the men's side, Delaware posted its highest finish of the meet with a 15th place position in the 800 freestyle relay as the team of Kevin Kotowski (Salesianum/Wilmington, DE), Kevin Weisser (Franklin Regional/Murrysville, PA), Tim Wasiewski (Conestoga Valley/Lancaster, PA), and Nick Grossman (Daniel/Clemson, SC) raced to a time of 7:12.17.

Also for the UD men, Bob Frey (East/West Chester, PA) was 21st in the 400 individual medley (4:18.44), Alex Skacel (Holy Cross/Moorestown, NJ) was 22nd in the 100 backstroke (55.14) and 46th in the 100 butterfly (54.29), Weisser was 27th in the 200 freestyle (1:46.16), Adam Goldstein (Vernon Twp./Highland Lakes, NJ) was 28th in the 400 individual medley (4:24.88), Kotowski was 37th in the 200 freestyle (1:48.16), Grossman was 41st in the 200 freestyle (1:49.09), Wasiewski was 42nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.19), and David Hardy (DeMatha/Mt. Ranier, MD) was 47th in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.22).

AGATE:

Delaware Men's Finishers:

15th Place - 800 Freestyle Relay (Kotowski,, Weisser, Wasiewski, Grossman - 7:12.17); 21st Place - Bob Frey - 400 individual medley (4:18.44); 22nd Place - Alex Skacel - 100 backstroke (55.14); 27th Place - Kevin Weisser - 200 freestyle (1:46.16); 28th Place - Adam Goldstein - 400 individual medley (4:24.88); 37th Place - Kevin Kotowski - 200 freestyle (1:48.16); 41st Place - Nick Grossman - 200 freestyle (1:49.09); 42nd Place - Tim Wasiewski - 100 breaststroke (1:01.19); 46th Place - Alex Skacel - 100 butterfly (54.29); 47th Place - David Hardy - 100 breaststroke (1:02.22).

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